The Secret Life of... memes?
I've fallen behind on the not-a-meme challenges again. I didn't even get around to doing the challenge I proposed. And what do I have to show for myself? Noth- oh, wait. New laptop. Right. :) It's shiny and sexy and filled with Vistahatehatehatehatehate. Vista is very pretty in an evil no-I-don't-want-to-do-what-you-want-me-to-do sort of way. But the shift key is just a little off and so I keep hitting the up arrow and being miserable. I'm still learning my way around it, so bear with me.
Anyway, that's not the secret that I'll reveal in answer to Vint's challenge. Below the crease, my revelations...
Okay, maybe "revelations" is a bit of an overstatement. But it made you click, didn't it? Muahaha.
Second Life:
I could be like Dolmere and reveal *gasp* that I have alts. A fair number of folks are aware of this. As I think I mentioned in an earlier post (and I'm too lazy to get the link, you'll just have to go looking), my alts have a tendency to look more like the real life me the more time I spend logged in as them. And sometimes when I've had a really crappy workday, I'll log on as an alt and just go shopping or, more likely, browsing, and kill a bit of time while I unwind. I don't attend SL events or hang out with folks as these alts, because you all know damn well, I'd never be able to keep my mouth shut and it wouldn't be long before someone asked, "Hey, do you know Coal? Your punctuation is just like hers!"
However (and here's the secret-revealing part, so pay attention) (you paying attention yet? Good, good, I wouldn't want you to miss my big secret...) through a strange turn of events I wound up attending a RL gathering as one of my alts and it was... odd. It would have been fine, except that not everyone there was a stranger to me (me-as-Coal, I mean). I kept feeling like I should introduce myself correctly. Eventually, I broke down and did just that. I so suck at keeping my own secrets! ;)
Real Life:
I'm pretty much given to babbling endlessly about whatever's on my mind, so there aren't many things that are secrets from my SL friends. (Why did this laptop come with a remote? Isn't the whole point of the laptop to be *with* you and not on the other side of the room? Weird!) I've ranted about my job, told folks to support the Relay for Life because I'm a cancer survivor, related amusing stories about my cats, shared the excitement when my sister had her baby, complained about my car, nattered about the theatre and whined about my taxes. Ugh, speaking of which, it's that time again. Bleh.
,Hmm... this is not really a secret, it's just that it's below the radar and so I haven't bothered to tell anyone... I love casual games. I'm not very competitive, and a lot of first person games (even the ones that don't involve shooting) trigger my motion sickness. But give me a sudoku game or a (easy to medium difficulty) crossword or a find-the-
... speaking of which, I just lost an hour and a half playing with Something Amiss. Argh.